I reckon that if you are importing them as personal imports, it will not be that hard.

I've had some contacts with somebody about my scoots, and it appears to be a case of taking to get registered, which is less picky than an MOT, and your home and dry.

One of mine is pretty well standard, except increased CC. The other is higly modified, but I'm told that provided the lights, brakes and so on all work. They don't start checking if exhaust systems have BS kite marks, testing emissions and that kind of thing.

My concern is getting mine in rather than getting them 'on the road'.

I'll share anything I learn from my investigations and experience.

Thanks for that, what you've said there is basically what we were told by the guy in Bris.
Personal imports are easier.
So far as your situation, aren't you only allowed to Import one bike per person?
And you also have to prove you've owned it for 12 Months.

We've got a Bike registered to each of us and got round it that way!

Cheers'en.

yeah, the 'brochure' from the Dept pt Transport is not clear on how that restriction applies. I'm hoping I can bring in the Duc as a personal import, and then the scoots on the 'older than 15 years' scheme.

If not, I'm going to be looking into alternatives to get them into the country.

I think there's another thread on here about someone who imported a few "classics". Might be worth a search.
Does it make any difference if you strip them down to nothing-ness??
Just a thought!

Cheers'en.

If there's one thing i've learned about immigrating, there's loads of people who talk complete bollocks and are happy for you to take expensive risks on their advice. My advice is to ignore everyones advice and find out for yourself direct from the government departments. Email dotars and ask them the questions regarding how many bikes you can bring, phone or email the vehicle registration lot in whatever state you are going to, in order to see if you will be able to register the bike when you get here.

I can't answer your questions for sure either. A couple of things I picked up on the way though. They tell you quite clearly you should declare a bike which is in bits and import it the same way as any other bike. You can try to get away with it, but if the AQIS guys find a frame, your guess is as good as mine as to what they will do. Its breaking the law to try.

If you want to register the bike, and if you are coming to Victoria for instance, there is a requirement that the front axle is no more than 550mm from the centre line of the steering head bearings. Check section 9 of Motor Cycle/Moped Requirements which is listed here http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/VRNE/...100015890?open


This pdf lists the minimum requirements for registering motorcycles and is nothing to do with meeting ADR requirements. Any bike will need to meet these requirements. I can't tell you if there is a way round this. There is a guy with a really stretched chop near me which he built himself also. If I see him, I'll ask him about registration, but I know his isn't registered yet. Once a vehicle is registered, there are no MOT's in VIC, until you sell the thing, so it would be easy to modify after registration (but not necessarily legal)

You can't bring in more than one personal import, but you can bring in loads of classics and off road bikes, under a different category. They are exempt from meetng todays ADR regs, so no advantage in getting them as a personal import.

You can try to get your wife to bring one of your bikes as a personal import, even if it is in your name. Just send your wedding cert. with an explaination when applying for approval to import. You can get your kid to bring in one, as long as he/she is old enough and has a licence to drive it.

Get emails from the various departments and you are much safer. EG I brought a car with an airconditioner in it. I got an email from http://www.deh.gov.au/atmosphere/ozone/ which said I don't need a license, or to degass it. If I hadn't got that email, I would have not been able to get it in. On the day, both customs and the broker said I couldn't do it. After i showed them the email, no probs.. EVERYONE talks bollocks.

A final point worth noting is that getting the bike through customs is quite separate to registering it. You don't need to meet any regs to get the bike past customs and take it home, just the approval from dotars and pay the GST (although I not sure what would happen if you don't have a UK registration doc). You can then register the bike anytime after that.

Tarts handbags

Well they are tarts handbags.
No dicerning Biker Gent would dare ride one of those piles o' Poo!!!!
And please don't get me started about those bloody GSXR'S!!!

Cheers'en

My Mrs's brother is a chop builder, usually goes a couple a year. He reckons GSX engines are one of the best to use, althought the last couple he's done have been Harleys.

Done a few harleys but they are piles o' crap, i hate the Bloody things.
GSX good motors for chops, have to confess i'm a big time Kwak fan and Brit motors!

Cheers'en.

I got an email from customs this morning.

"An import approval may be granted for one vehicle under the Personal Import Scheme and two other vehicles under the Older Vehicle Scheme at the same time.

A vehicle does not have to be registered to be eligible under the Older Vehicle Scheme."

I'm assuming the older vehicle scheme is the 15 year and older. But as one scoot is 1963 and the other is 1970, looks like I'm covered. A huge relief! .